Peanut-roasting device.



S. C, PECKHAM.

PEANUT ROASTING DEVICE. APPLICATION r1120 1M1.12.1917.

1 ,2'7 5, 085 Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

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PEANUT ROASTLNG DEVICE.

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1,275,085. 'Patentd Aug. 6,1918.

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i a aapeckham SAMUEL c. PECTKHAM, or

MEXIA, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-EIGHTH 'ro mnnrort ADAMS,-OF MEXIA, TEXAS. I

PEANUT-ROASTING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern,"

Be it known that I, SAMUEL C. PECKHAM, a citizen of the'United States, residing at Mexia, in the county of Limestone and'State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Peanut-Roasting Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a' full, clear, and exactdes'cription of the invention, such as 'will enable, others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a devicefor roasting peanuts. f An object of'the invention is to provide a device as specified which includes a retain ing hopper for the unroasted peanuts, and

, a roasting chamber positioned beneath the hopper, which has communication with the peanut retaining hopper through a slidable door, and further to provide means for antomatically'l operating said door at prede termined times for allowing peanuts to pass out of the hopper into the roasting chamber, and out of the roasting chamber into. any suitable'display devicej A With the foregoing and other objectsin view, this invention consists. insuchnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the acoompanying drawings and claimed. 7

In describing the invention in detail, reference Will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like and corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the improved machine.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the door operating mechanism.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary end view.

Fig.4 is a detail View illustratinga part of the mechanism for automatically controlling the operation of the doors of the device.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the retaining hopper for unroasted peanuts which hopper has communication through an opening 2 with a roasting chamber 3 which may be heated in any desired manner for roasting the peanuts. The opening 2 is 'normally closed by a sliding door 4:, which has a rod 5 connected thereto through the medium of an ear 6 which is formed upon the door 4. The rod Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented- Aug.'6, 1918.

Application filed January 12, 1917. Serial nalmaoss."

5has its outer end bent inwardly as shown at 9 and a thumb screw 10 is adjustably car- 7 ried by the angled end. The" thumb screw 10 has its inner end position'edin the path of. a pin 11 which is carried, by and-pro jects laterally from one face of, a disk 12. The disk 12 is .rotatably mounted upon the shaft 14:, which shaft may be rotated in any suitable manner so that during the rotation of the shaft, thepin 11 will strike the inner end of the thumb screw 10 and move the arm 5 outwardly formoving the slidingdoor 4' partially open to permit peanuts to fall into the chamber 3. A spring '15 is coiled about the'rod 5 and has one ofits ends engaging the bearing 16 which'sli'dably. supports'the rod 5 and the other end engaging the chamber,- and thus insures a uniform.

roasting of allof the peanuts, The shaft 18 has a sprocket 20 mounted thereon, which maybe operatively conneoted toa sprocket 21 carried by the shaft l-lthrough the me-:

dium of an ordinarysprocketchain. The outlet of the roasting chamber 3, which is positioned at the bottom of the same is closed by a door 23, which door is also slidably supported by suitable guideways 2 1- formed alongthe edges of the outlet opening. The door 23 has a rod 25 connected thereto, through the medium of an car 26 which is formed upon the door. The rod 25 has its end 27 angled similarly to the angled end 9 of the rod 5, and a set screw 28 is carried by the angled end 27 and positioned in the path of a pin 29 which pin is carried by the disk 12. The pin 29 is positioned so that it will operate the door 23, a suflicient time before the door 4 is operated to allow all of the peanuts to pass out of the roasting chamber, and the door 23 to be closed by the action of a spring 30 which is coiled about the rod 25, before the door 4 is opened to allow unroasted chamber.

The disk 12 is loosely mounted upon the shaft 14 and it has a clutch section 31 car ried thereby which isadapted for coaction peanuts to pass into the roasting with a clutch section 32, the clutch section lever it will move the clutch section 32 intoand. out ofengagementwith thexclutch section 31, for controlling the rotation of the disk 12 by the rotation of'the'shaft l4, and" consequently control the operation of the sliding doors of the peanutroasting structure as desired. The lever 33' has its ham dled end 35 positioned for movement over the upper surface of'a bar 36, which bar is provided with a plurality of openings 37!. A pin, as indicated at 38, may be carried by the hand lever 33, for extending into one of the openings 37" forv holding the lever 33 against accidentalpivotal movement.

In the operation of the improved machine, the-hopper 1 is filled with unroasted peanuts, the door 4: will be opened by the rotationofthe disk 12', in the manner heretofore described for allowing a limited quantity of peanuts to fall into the roasting chamber 3. The peanuts "in the roasting chamber 3 are roasted owing to the fact thatthis chamber may be heated inany suitable manner and they will be thoroughly stirred or agitatedwhile within the chamber by the agitator structure 17. Whenthe peanuts have been sufficiently roasted. the door 23 will be opened in". the manner heretofore. described allowing the roasted peanuts to pass out of" the roasting chainber into any suitably type. of'di'splay device after which the spring" 30 will force the door 23 into a closed position. and the disk 12 will open the door 4, allowing a. fresh lot of peanuts to pass into the roasting chamber.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings; the advantages of construction and 0t Copies of this patentmeybembtaind for The the method of operation of the improved peanut treating;devicew-ill'be readily apparent tothose skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, and while in the foregoing description, the principle of the op eration of this invention has been described together with various features of construction, it is to be understood that certain minor features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts maybe alteredto suit practical conditions. providedlsuch; alterations are comprehended within thescope of whatis claimed. a

WVhat is claimed is:

.1. In a device asset fortlnthe combination of a raw peanut retaining hopper, a roasting hopper, an agitator positioned within saidroastinghopper, a slidabl'edoor controlling the communication between said first namedhopper and saidv roasting hopper, and means. for openingv said' door at predetermined times. 7 I

2. In a device as set forth, the combination of a raw peanut retaining hopper, a roasting chamber having. communication with saidhopper, an outlet opening for" said roasting chamber, slidable doors controlling the outlet of peanuts out of said roasting chamber and thepassage of peanutsf'rom said first named hopper into said chamber, means for opening said doors'at predetermined times, said meansarranged' for open ing the outlet door of the roasting chamber to allow the peanutsto pass therefromprior to. the opening of the door for permitting peanuts to pass from the hopper into the roasting-chamber.

In testimony" whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. V

. SAMUEL 6'. PE CKHAM-l Witnesses:

HALL, WiNSTON'.

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